Interchangeable slat for shutters



(No Model.)

M. SHINSKY. r INTERGHANGBABLE SLAT FUR SHUTTBRS, BLINDS, &c. No.572,776.

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- UNITED STATES PATENT i OFFICE.

MORRIS SIIINSKY, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

INTERCHANGEABLE SLAT` FOR SHUTTERS, BLINDS, 84.0.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 572,776, dated.December 8, 1896.

Application tiled March 18, 1896. Serial No. 583,655. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Beit known that I, MORRIS SHINSKY, a citizen of the United States,residing in Newark, county of Essex, and State of New Jersey,haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Interchangeable Slatsfor Shutters, Blinds, and the Like; andI do hereby declare the followingto be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such aswill enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make anduse the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,v and toletters of reference marked thereon, which form a partof thisspecification.

The object of this invention is to provide interchangeable slats forshutters, blinds,and the like, simple, strong, and durable, and whichcan be easily and readily attached to and detached from frames ofordinary construction.

The invention consists in the improved interchangeable slats, in theirconnection with l the frame, and in the combination and arrangement ofthe various parts, substantially as will be hereinafter more fullydescribed and finally embodied in the clauses of the claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which like letters ofreference indicate corresponding parts in each of the several views,Figure lis a front elevation of a portion of a shutter-frame providedwith my improved interchangeable slats; Fig. 2, an enlarged detail viewof one of said slats, certain portions being broken away; Fig. 3, asectional view on the line y y of Fig. 2; and Figs. 4 and 5 sectionalviews on the line .fr t of Fig. 2, illustrating the locking-pin or axisin normal and depressed position, respectively.

In said drawings, @represents the shutterframe, and b the slats,provided with hooks b' and connected in series and together by the baror rod c, all of usual and well-known construction. Each'slat Y), which,as illustrated in Figs. 1 to 5, inclusive, is made of sheet metal,strengthened, as at b2, by overlapping the edges, is provided at eachend with a metal strip or plate d, forming at substantially its center achannel e, cylindrical in cross-section and arranged parallel to thelongitudinal edges of the slat, and adapted to receive a spiral spring hand a locking-pin or axis g, as clearly shown in the drawings.

The inner end of the spiral spring h bears against a projection f,arranged on the plate dor the slat b, and isthus prevented from leavingthe channel e, as will be manifest.

The frame of the shutter is provided on its inside with sockets toreceive the said locking-pins or axis, as in the usual construction.Should any one of the slats break'or become demolished, it is removedand replaced by a new one by simply inserting the locking-pin of one endof the slat into its respective socket of the frame, and then bydepressing the locking-pin on the other end of the slat and moving itinto position. The pin is then released and engages the socket providedfor it. The-hook of the slat is then connected with the rod c, as willbe manifest.

Ichan ging thev scope of my invention; but

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is l l. Anarticle of manufacture consisting of a plate adapted to be secured atone end of `a shutter-Slat, having a centrally-situated longitudinalchannel and an abutment made integral with said plate and at one end ofsaid channel, and a spring-controlled pin lying in said channel andprotruding from the free end thereof, substantially as shown anddescribed.

2. An article of manufacture consisting of a plate adapted to be securedat one end of a shutter-slat, having a centrally-situated longitudinalchannel and an abutment made integral with said plate and at one end ofsaid channel, a pin lying in said channel and protruding from the otherend thereof and a spring arranged between said abutment and the pin,substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

3. In a fastening for a detachable shutterslat, the combination with theslat of a plate adapted to be secured atone end thereof and IOO saidplate, the abutment being situated at one end of the channel, and aspring-controlled pin lyingin said channel and protruding from the freeend thereof, substantially as shown and for the purposes described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this13th day of March, 1896.

MORRIS SHINSKY.

W'itnesses:

ALFRED G-ARTNER, DUNCAN M. RoBEn'rsoN.

